To adopt the second part of the second resolution, providing that all efforts of the abolitionists or others made to induce Congress to interfere with questions

On Feb 26, 1844, the House voted 128–23. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 107–1, Others 21–22. 1 member voted against their own party.

During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.

Yes: 128
No: 23
Did not vote: 83
Date: Feb 26, 1844

By party

Others21 yes · 22 no · 41 didn’t vote
Democrats107 yes · 1 no · 42 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

James Edwin Belser D-AL
Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
William Winter Payne D-AL
George Smith Houston D-AL
Reuben Chapman D-AL
Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
Edward Cross D-AR
Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
John Stewart D-CT
George Smith Catlin D-CT
Samuel Simons D-CT
Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
Howell Cobb D-GA
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
William Henry Stiles D-GA
Robert Smith D-IL
John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
John Wentworth D-IL
Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
Robert Dale Owen D-IN
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
Thomas Smith D-IN
William John Brown D-IN
John Wesley Davis D-IN
Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
Linn Boyd D-KY
Henry Grider O-KY
George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
James W. Stone D-KY
John White O-KY
William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
Garrett Davis O-KY
Richard French D-KY
John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
John Slidell D-LA
Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
John M. S. Causin O-MD
John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
Joshua Herrick D-ME
Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
Lucius Lyon D-MI
James Bennett Hunt D-MI
Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
James Butler Bowlin D-MO
James Hugh Relfe D-MO
John Jameson D-MO
Jacob Thompson D-MS
Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
William Henry Hammett D-MS
Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
David Settle Reid D-NC
Edmund Deberry O-NC
Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
James Iver Mckay D-NC
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
Edmund Burke D-NH
John Parker Hale D-NH
John Randall Reding D-NH
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
Hamilton Fish O-NY
Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
Richard David Davis D-NY
James Graham Clinton D-NY
Jeremiah Russell D-NY
David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
Lemuel Stetson D-NY
Chesselden Ellis D-NY
Charles Swan Benton D-NY
Preston King D-NY
Orville Hungerford D-NY
Samuel Beardsley D-NY
Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
Horace Wheaton D-NY
George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
Amasa Dana D-NY
Byram Green D-NY
William Spring Hubbell D-NY
Emery Davis Potter D-OH
Henry St. John D-OH
Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
Heman Allen Moore D-OH
Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
Joseph Morris D-OH
James Mathews D-OH
Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
John Ritter D-PA
Richard Brodhead D-PA
Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
James Black D-PA
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
John Campbell D-SC
Armistead Burt D-SC
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
Andrew Johnson D-TN
William Tandy Senter O-TN
Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
Alvan Cullom D-TN
George Washington Jones D-TN
Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
David W. Dickinson O-TN
Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
Cave Johnson D-TN
John Baptista Ashe O-TN
Milton Brown O-TN
Archibald Atkinson D-VA
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
Walter Coles D-VA
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
Willoughby Newton O-VA
William Lucas D-VA
William Taylor D-VA
George Washington Hopkins D-VA
George William Summers O-VA
Lewis Steenrod D-VA

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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